Social Groups In A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare

Social grouping is a fundamental element in our civilization or society. A social group is a collection of people who interact with each other and share the same interests and characteristics. Therefore, all members of a society are part of a social group whether it is as women, teenagers, immigrants, families or church members. To be considered a non-member of any social group one has to live in complete isolation from society.
In literature, it is uncommon to see a literary work that doesn’t utilize or involve a social group in its plot. Authors use the representation of social groups to convey their ideas or messages to the reader. This helps the author to create personality for their characters and also to influence the reader by portraying a certain social group positively or negatively.
Shakespeare does this in order to make the readers feel like they can relate to a character/social group or to portray society flaws and imperfections in a sarcastic way.
Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is set in a civilized society where all the members of the different social groups know their place and, although it is to some extent, follow the Athenian law. A Midsummer Night’s dream displays a social divide where the characters are all separated and divided into hierarchical groups, the ruling class, the commoners and the supernatural. The ruling class consists of the royalty and the nobility where the royalties are Theseus and Hippolyta, and the nobility are Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, Helena and Egeus. The commoners are the skill workers who double-up as the acting crew and the supernatural social group consists of the fairies such as Puck, King Oberon, Queen Titania, Mustardseed and the other